Why meat and poultry processors need to build relationships with restaurants, retailers
As the animal-rights movement becomes more aggressive, everyone in the supply chain needs to work together to remain focused on our goal: providing a safe and abundant food supply.
This summer, the dairy industry was dealt a hard hand with animal rights groups releasing multiple videos taken by “undercover” animal-rights activists employed on farms in Indiana, Nebraska and Texas. These videos not only raise questions from shoppers perusing the dairy aisle, but also from grocery stores that shelve milk, cheese and ice cream and the restaurants offering them on their menus. Animal-rights activist groups may have targeted the dairy industry this summer, but other animal agriculture industries are also at risk along with restaurants and retailers as activists fight to create a vegan world.
At the 2019 Animal Rights National Conference, held July 25-28 in Alexandria, Virginia, speakers made it clear their vision is animal liberation, not promoting animal welfare. “There is no such thing as humane slaughter and anyone who tells you differently is simply lying,” said Michael Budkie of Stop Animal Exploitation Now. “We need to say that all animal agriculture is cruel and wrong,” said Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns.